Patient Care

This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

U.S. International Federal Trade Commission reviews ban on new Apple Watch pulse oximeter
Masimo’s complaint over the new version of the Apple Watch could lead to an import ban if it is found that the technology infringes on its patents.
Fabric acquires UMC Digital Health to expand its virtual care customer base
The financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds 400 new payers, health systems and employers who offer virtual care benefits to Fabric's portfolio.
Healthcare AI today: Exhorted doctors, shifting nurses, safe psychologists, more
The AMA is imploring physicians to serve as ‘full partners’ with other AI stakeholders throughout the technology’s life cycle in relevantly equipped clinical devices.
Toddler dies after allegedly being given 10 times too much potassium due to decimal error
A lawsuit contends that De’Markus Page, 2 years old, died because no one at University of Florida Health’s Shands Teaching Hospital spotted the errors, which should have been labeled as a “red flag” by EHR systems.
Allstate accuses Texas provider network of operating $1.7M auto injury fraud scheme
The insurer claims personal injury attorneys referred patients to the network, where they allegedly received dubious treatments and undergo excessive testing to inflate medical claims. Allstate is seeking up to $5.2 million in restitution.

Practice change bolsters patient knowledge about interventional radiology procedures

Understanding about the profession remains low among patients and PCPs, with the latter essential to fueling procedure volumes, experts noted.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy: Mayo Clinic has more than 200 algorithms under development.

How can the world’s AI stakeholders work together toward the common goal of international scientific agreement on AI’s risks?

International experts formulate scientific approach to AI risk management

A lot of people from a lot of organizations in a lot of countries are working to coordinate oversight of AI’s risks. A budding project seeks to bring many of these minds together to advance the worthy goal of building global consensus with scientific rigor.

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McLaren recovering from ransomware attack, unclear about data security

McLaren said it will still take time to update patient records, as it has been manually charting during the weeks-long outage.

Eli Lilly releases cheaper, single-use vials of weight loss drug

The new vials of Zepbound are available exclusively through the Eli Lilly telehealth platform.

Cardiology groups share new AUC for cardiovascular imaging prior to noncardiac surgery

The new AUC document was designed to help care teams know when and how to perform imaging-based cardiovascular evaluations on patients undergoing nonemergent, noncardiac surgery.

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PaceMate acquires Medtronic workflow tech, promising ‘unparalleled support’ for heart patients

The Florida-based healthcare company, already a leading name in cardiac data management, said the acquisition will help its technology reach more heart teams than ever before.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

The Department of Energy is concerned about AI’s mammoth appetite for, well, energy.

Patient Care

U.S. International Federal Trade Commission reviews ban on new Apple Watch pulse oximeter

Fabric acquires UMC Digital Health to expand its virtual care customer base

Healthcare AI today: Exhorted doctors, shifting nurses, safe psychologists, more

Toddler dies after allegedly being given 10 times too much potassium due to decimal error

Allstate accuses Texas provider network of operating $1.7M auto injury fraud scheme